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New York, August 15, 2013--At least two more
journalists have been reported killed and several others injured in Wednesday's
clashes between Egyptian security forces and supporters of ousted President
Mohamed Morsi.

1. Morsi’s Failures

By Sherif Mansour

In June 2012, three days before Mohamed Morsi was declared winner of the presidential election, Bassem Youssef, satirist and host of Egypt’s “Al-Bernameg,” defended the Muslim Brotherhood candidate during an appearance on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show.” He asked the U.S. audience to give democracy in Egypt a chance. So long as Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood remained accountable to the people and respected human rights, Youssef reasoned, there was no reason they could not lead Egypt’s historic transition to democratic rule.

New York, August 16, 2012--President Mohamed Morsi's government and
allies are pushing back against critical news coverage, suppressing critical
journalists and state-run newspapers, putting a journalist on trial, and
attacking three journalists on the street, according to news reports.

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Cairo,
June 19, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists is disturbed by what it sees as
a trend in the attack of Lebanese journalists covering clashes between
supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime. In the past month, at least nine
journalists have been attacked in four separate incidents.

New York, November 21, 2011 - Clashes between security
forces and protesters in Cairo and other Egyptian cities have led to at least 17
assaults on the press over the past couple of days, including a shooting,
detentions, and a beating by unidentified security personnel while in custody. The
Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attacks and calls on authorities
to bring them to an immediate end.

"Journalists must be allowed to carry out their work without
threat of assault," said Mohamed Abdel Dayem, CPJ's Middle East and North
Africa program coordinator. "Furthermore, prosecutors have an obligation to
investigate claims of abuse by military and police against journalists."

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New York, February 5, 2011--As journalists face
ongoing attacks and detentions in Cairo, they are increasingly concerned that
state broadcasts are creating an atmosphere that is encouraging violence against
the media, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. State television
and radio, along with pro-Mubarak private stations, are giving frequent airtime
to presenters and guests who claim that foreigners, including international
journalists, have a "hidden agenda" against the government, according to CPJ
research. Local journalists have been called "infidels" for working with
international media while Al-Jazeera has been accused of "inciting the people."

New York, January 31, 2011--Journalists in the Middle East are experiencing increased harassment amid rapidly spreading street protests throughout the region, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ is gravely concerned about reports of attacks against journalists not only in Egypt, as CPJ has previously reported, but also in Yemen and Sudan.

New York, December 10, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns harassment of the Lebanese news website Al-Akhbar after it published U.S. diplomatic cables that were first disclosed by WikiLeaks. The website was hacked this week by unknown attackers, while the Tunisian government blocked domestic access to the site. Saudi officials blocked access to the independent website Elaph, which also published some of the cables.